diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
index dc59a808009fa7a8593d2fd85d5f1a309fef0ed9..0ed046a187f77fb1d29228780c395f4e8d4636a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
@@ -76,16 +76,8 @@ dump_user_backtrace(struct frame_head * head)
 void
 x86_backtrace(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
 {
-	struct frame_head *head;
-	unsigned long stack;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	head = (struct frame_head *)regs->rbp;
-	stack = regs->rsp;
-#else
-	head = (struct frame_head *)regs->ebp;
-	stack = regs->esp;
-#endif
+	struct frame_head *head = (struct frame_head *)frame_pointer(regs);
+	unsigned long stack = stack_pointer(regs);
 
 	if (!user_mode_vm(regs)) {
 		if (depth)
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/ptrace_32.h b/include/asm-x86/ptrace_32.h
index 6002597b9e12212b8e0986f9b7070d2d0b5ba041..78d063dabe0ae6589dbbe1c0e8613d27058d4b10 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/ptrace_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/ptrace_32.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
 }
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->eip)
+#define frame_pointer(regs) ((regs)->ebp)
+#define stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->esp)
 #define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->eax)
 
 extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/ptrace_64.h b/include/asm-x86/ptrace_64.h
index 7f166ccb0606786991e931c9995c6dfe9514809b..7bfe61e1b7052c5c1e74b03ae72db585104feb9d 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/ptrace_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/ptrace_64.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ struct pt_regs {
 #define user_mode(regs) (!!((regs)->cs & 3))
 #define user_mode_vm(regs) user_mode(regs)
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->rip)
+#define frame_pointer(regs) ((regs)->rbp)
+#define stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->rsp)
 #define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->rax)
 
 extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);